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Great to have received so many excellent recognitions.? We all know how fickle that can be.? It's always confounding and amusing to see how strangely the items are displayed.? That is a focus of

Congratulations!

Well done and thanks for the word picture... Jenny

We went to t he fair on Thursday to check out how well (or not) I did. Very pleased to report that every single entry placed! I got 22 first place, 12 second place, and 5 third place ribbons.

ETA: for our kids, we have set up trusts. Each of us has one with the other as jt. trustee. PoAs, living wills, health proxies, all set up with each other. If something happens to one of us, the other

My dad and I are joint on his account here and his investment account with my brother is also joint. However, he has an account in India where his pension goes into and that is going to be a bear to

Oh,? you all bring up such an important point about passwords.? Yikes, that's a rat's nest of problems. One other thing.? When Mom and Dad were in their last 10 years (age 80 or so),? I urged

Therese, I am trying to get my father to write his down in a book. They are on pieces of paper in his desk, but at least all in a pile. He says he has but he just asked me (from my brother’s house

Oh yes, amen to that! My dad used a password manager, thankfully, and I'm *trying* to get my mother (and Eric, for that matter) to do the same - without success, so far. My mother handwrites hers in a

May I add something that will really help your loved ones should something happen to you? Use a password manager (1Password, LastPass, Bitwarden, others) to store your online passwords and write down

Mary, that's exactly what I meant by preserving maximum flexibility for executors. Thinking ahead to my someday-duties, what I'd want is to be as free as possible to do whatever was simplest/made the

Mary, Ann, I too have no sentimental need for my kids to keep any of the things that I have either made or owned. What I want is for them to have it easy when I die. I don’t want them to have to try

Ann, I my thinking has evolved to align more with your position on our valued possessions.? I've acquired a number of items of great value to me that have cost me a good bit of money.? I have

I have offered and offered my “stuff” to my kids. They really aren’t interested in the crystal or the good china, or any of the furniture (some of which was /is somewhat valuable). In fact,

It's a good topic to revisit periodically!? I've seen it from a couple of angles in recent history.? The weaving guild I belong to has had a few members pass away.? Most recently one of our elders

Jenny, Your mother is wise. As was mine. She forced my dad to move here when he retired, although they were young then because she didn’t want to be in India when they grew old with all of us

This all makes very interesting reading. Sort of relevant to us right now as my mother has had several months of continuous ill health and has just this week relocated to a residential care facility a

Therese, I actually had. I had spoken to the owner of my LYS and she had agreed to be the executor. Well, she has sold the LYS and moved to Florida. That is what I'm afraid of if I name a single

Jaya, Excellent question. My two cents, as someone who's been thinking a lot about this stuff as I help my mother deal with the aftermath of my father's death, and help her put things in better order

Great discussion idea! I live in a town full of Old Hippy Artists ... and I have been ACTIVELY nudging them. Having watched several die with no heirs ... is sad no matter which way the "stuff" gets